I don't Tweet so I'm spared Dreher's tweeted deep thoughts. It's obvious that he doesn't write to engage with serious minds. All his tiresome obsessions are just vehicles of his self promotion, hobbyhorses for the edification of his silly fan club. No one in the social-theological world takes him seriously.

As to the quote you mention, If he didn't self-proclaim his genius, his posse of the easily impressed might lose faith in him.